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CVE-2005-1740

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local...

10.0 High

CVE-2005-1740 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Net-snmp, published May 24, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.64%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
8.64%EPSS, 95th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Exploit likelihood

8.64%Up 7.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
0:5.0.9-2.30E.19
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6
0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Record
CVE-2005-1740
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Record
CVE-2005-1740
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-1742No score

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Record
EUVD-2005-1742
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w3v6-wf2m-xghjNo score

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local...

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Record
GHSA-w3v6-wf2m-xghj
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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